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Safety, Notre Dame (from Northwestern), 2019–22
Brandon Joseph
- Number
- No. 16
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 196 lb
- Class (2022)
- Junior
- Hometown
- College Station, TX
- Born
- Feb 5, 2001
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Brandon Joseph played safety at Northwestern (2019–21) and Notre Dame (2022). He was a consensus All‑American in 2020.
At a glance
Career highs
12tackles, career highat Michigan, 20212interceptions, career hightwice; last vs. Wisconsin, 2020Honors
- 2020Consensus All‑American
- 2020Big Ten Freshman of the Year
- 2020First-team All-Big Ten
- 2021Second-team All-Big Ten
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Northwestern | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Northwestern | 52 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | Northwestern | 79 | 54 | 1.5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 30 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 165 | 101 | 2.5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Northwestern | 4 | 114 | 0 |
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 18 | 179 | 0 |
| Career | 22 | 293 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Northwestern | 16 | S | Yr 1 | ||
| 2020 | Northwestern | 16 | S | Yr 2 | ||
| 2021 | Northwestern | 16 | S | Yr 3 | ||
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 16 | S | Jr. (Yr 4) | 6′1″ | 196 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2022 Notre Dame 10 games, 30 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at Ohio State | L 10–21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Marshall | L 21–26 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. California | W 24–17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 24 | at North Carolina | W 45–32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs. BYU | W 28–20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs. Stanford | L 14–16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs. UNLV | W 44–21 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 29 | at Syracuse | W 41–24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Clemson | W 35–14 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 26 | at USC | L 27–38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Northwestern 12 games, 79 tackles, 1 sack, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Michigan State | L 21–38 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | vs. Indiana State | W 24–6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | at Duke | L 23–30 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | vs. Ohio | W 35–6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | at Nebraska | L 7–56 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | vs. Rutgers | W 21–7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 23 | at Michigan | L 7–33 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 30 | vs. Minnesota | L 14–41 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 6 | vs. Iowa | L 12–17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | at Wisconsin | L 7–35 | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 20 | vs. Purdue | L 14–32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 27 | at Illinois | L 14–47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Northwestern 9 games, 52 tackles, 6 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24 | vs. Maryland | W 43–3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | atIowa | W 21–20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nov 7 | vs.Nebraska | W 21–13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 14 | atPurdue | W 27–20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | vs.Wisconsin | W 17–7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | atMichigan State | L 20–29 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 12 | vs.Illinois | W 28–10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 19 | vs.Ohio State | L 10–22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Auburn | W 35–19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 Northwestern 2 games, 4 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18 | vs.Ohio State | L 3–52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | vs. Massachusetts | W 45–6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2023 | Combine or pro day 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅜″ | |
| Weight | 202 lb | |
| Arm length | 30⅞″ | |
| Hand size | 9″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.62 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.56 s | |
| Vertical jump | 30½″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′10″ | |
| Bench press | 17 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.08 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.23 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
1 season, 4 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Detroit Lions | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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